I Continue To Get Further

With Experience It Seems To Be Possible To Control The Flow Of Paint, To A Great Extent, And I Don't Use - I Don't Use The Accident - 'cause I Deny The Accident... It's Quite Different From Working, Say, From A Still Life Where You Set Up Objects And Work Directly From Them. I Do Have A General Notion Of What I'm About And What The Results Will Be. I Approach Painting In The Same Sense As One Approaches Drawing, That Is, It's Direct.

I've Been Thinking Of Death A Lot, And I Am Amazed By Its Inevitability, Frightened, As We All Are, Of The Totally Unknown, And Yet Feel A Long Sleep Is Somehow Earned By Those Of Us Who Live On The Edge.

The Modern Artist Is Working With Space And Time, And Expressing His Feelings Rather Than Illustrating.

It Doesn't Make Much Difference How The Paint Is Put On As Long As Something Has Been Said. Technique Is Just A Means Of Arriving At A Statement.

Abstract Painting Is Abstract. It Confronts You.